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On Sunday February 11 2007 4:29 pm, Cedric Brown wrote:
> Dan
>
> I am very impressed with the help I am getting.
>
> I comment below on your instructions:
> > Click somewhere off the slide. Then click within the text
> > box. This should place six "handles" (green squares) around the
> > text box.
>
> YES THIS HAPPENS
>
> > The text box should also be outlined with a border of slanted
> > lines. Within the text box should be a cursor. Use the End key to
> > move the
>
> NO - I ONLY GET A BORDER WHEN I HOLD THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON DOWN
> AND, EVEN THOUGH I CONTINUE TO HOLD IT DOWN THE BORDER DISAPPEARS
> AFTER A SECOND OR TWO. THERE IS NO CURSOR. IF I DOUBLE CLICK THE
> TEXT BOX I GET A CURSOR BUT THE END AND HOME KEYS DON'T AFFECT IT,
> AND IF I USE THE ENTER KEY THE CURSER IS OBVIOUSLY BEHIND THE TEXT
> BOX (BUT SHOWING THOUGH) BECAUSE YOU CAN THEN GET IT DOWN BELOW THE
> TEXT BOX. WOULD IT HELP IF I SENDYOU THE FILE TO LOOK AT?
Why did you hold the left mouse button down? My instructions
were to click inside the text box. I did not say hold the left mouse
button down. Once you have highlighted the text box with the single
quick click, you do not need to use the mouse again until you right
click the highlighted text.
> > cursor to the right end of the text box. Hold the Shift key down
> > while pressing the Home key. All the text in that text box should
> > now be highlighted. You should be able to follow the rest of my
> > directions below to complete it.
>
> SO I CAN'T DO THE REST OF WHAT YOU SUGGEST
> HELP!
> CEDRIC
>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> To: <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: "Cedric Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 8:33 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [users] Text in slides
> >>
> >> > On Friday February 09 2007 9:33 am, Cedric Brown wrote:
> >> >> I have pasted some text into slides in Impress
> >> >> I cannot work out how to change the colour and font of that
> >> >> text. Anything in format does not seem to work.
> >> >> What do I need to do? Have I got to delete the box and then
> >> >> do the alterations outside of Impress and paste it back in?
> >> >
> >> > Highlight the text. Right click the text. Select Edit
> >> > Style from the context menu. Then make the changes you want
> >> > under the Font and Font Effects tabs.
> >> >
> >> > Dan
Please do not use all "caps" in your email. It is considered to
be "shouting". Furthermore, my email client adds ">" to show which
parts of the message go together.
Dan
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